Boro’s Rudy Gestede sends a message of support to Moussa Marega

In a rather disappointing turn of events, FC Porto’s forward Moussa Marega walked off the pitch midway through his team’s win at Vitoria Guimaraes following a barrage of racial insults from the stands.

The 28-year-old player headed to the dugout in the 69th minute, nine minutes after scoring Porto’s winner in the 2-1 victory which has somewhat fallen into the shadow of another case of racism in football.

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Marega pointed his thumbs down and then raised his middle fingers towards the crowd, expressing his annoyance and irritation and rightfully so.

Middlesbrough’s Rudy Gestede was among those from the footballing world to send the player a long and heartfelt message of support, condemning the actions of those fans in the process.